Thanks to everyone who entered this year's Photography Annual. The winning work will appear in the special November issue of CR, out at the end of October.

The Creative Review Photography Annual aims to be the definitive collection of the best work of the year in commercial photography. It is a pay-to-enter awards. CR has appointed independent judges to select work from the entries to be published in the Photography Annual.

This year's categories:

Personal/Non-Published Category

Self-initiated or experimental work which has not been commissioned or published.

Advertising Category

Work commissioned by advertising agencies including posters and press ads.

Conceptual Category

Photography shot specifically for and/or art directed by photolibraries.

Design Category

Work commissioned by design consultancies for packaging, annual reports, record sleeves, books and any other use.

Editorial Category

Commissioned photography for magazines and newspapers including fashion.

Moving Image Category

New for this year: Moving image pieces by photographers (no film directors please) that were either shot as part of a wider project involving both still and moving image or were standalone pieces.

Best in Book

This is our ultimate award, equivalent to best in show. The judges will choose their selection of the very best entries from the other categories to feature in the Best in Book section where the work will be given extra space and an editorial write-up.